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L. T. HAGERMAN.

RADIATOR HUMIDIFIER.'

APPLmATloN FILED MAY25. |911.

l ,309,51 9., Patented July 8, 1919.

@MW W Mw/? ATTORNEY- LINUS T. HAGERMAN, OF SULLIVAN, ILLINOIS.

RADIATOR-HUMIDIFIER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 8, 1919.

Application filed May 25, 1917. Serial No. 170,956.

T0 all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, LiNUs T. Ham-miras', a citizen of the United States.residing at Sullivan, inthe county of Moultrie and State of Illinois,have invented new and useful Improvements in Radiator-Hundditiers, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The present invention contemplates improvements in humidors or airmoisteners primarilylesigned for attachment to radiators for humidifyingthe air of heated rooms.

The primary object of the present invention resides in the production ofa device of the above stated character which is simple in construction,durable and eiiicient in use. and wherein means are employed forpermitting the humidor to be expeditiously connected to or disconnectedfrom the radiator, and one wheuein the same may be folded in compactform when not in use, to occupy but minimum space during the storage ortransportation of the same.

Another object of my invention is to previde a device of this characterwherein novel means are employed for saturating the moistener andpreventing any of the fluid from the moistener from drlpping on thefioor.

lfVith the above and other objects in view, the invention -consists inthe novel features, details of construction and combination of partswhich Will hereinafter be more fully set forth, illustrated in theaccompanying drawing and pointed out in the appended claim.

Figure 1 is a rear view of a radiator showing the humidor attachedthereto for use; and

Fig. 2 is' a vertical sectional view of the humidor removed from theradiator.

Referring more particularly to the accompanying drawing in which likecharacters of reference refer to corresponding parts 'in the severalviews, 5 denotes the radiator having attached to the top thereof and atpoints adjacent to the opposite sides thereof a pair of resilientsupporting members (l which are provided at their upper or inner lendswith substantially U-shaped hooks 7 for supporting the humidor 8 on therear face of the radiator, so that the humidor will not be visible. Thishumidor comprises an upper tank 9 of oblong rectangular form, 1n w nchwater is placed` and a trough 10 which is suspended from the tank byflexible chains l1, the ends of the chains being attached to the ends ofthe tank and trough as shown.

A porous moistener 15 which is preferably a suitable absorbent fabric,is passed through a slot in one side wall of the tank 9. The ends of thesaid fabric are formed with a casing through which rods 14 extend, oneof said reds. with one end of the fabric, be

`ing arranged in the tank t), while the opposite or lower end of thefabric is arranged together with the other rod, in the trough 10, sothat the fabric is held in an extended position between the tank andtrough, and at a point opposite the radiator. The fabric is moistened bythe water which is soaked up from the tank J and is converted into vaporby the heat from the radiator, the dry air which passes over themoistening fabric serving to take up the moisture and distribute thesame throughout the room, and thus moistening the heated atmosphere ofthe room and preventing the same from injuring the persons in the room.

The suspending chains and the, absorbent fabric enable the trough to beraised and placed on the tank when it is desired to suspend theoperation of the apparatus, as will be understood.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawing, the advantages of construction and the method ofoperation will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art to whichthe invention relates, and while I lnivedcscribcd the principles ofoperation of the invention, together with the device which I nowconsider to be the best embodiment thereof, 1 desire to have itunderstood that the device shown is merely illustrative,v and that suchchanges may be made when desired as are within the scope of the appendedclaim.

that is claimed as new isz* The herein described radiator humidifiercomprising a supply tank having support ing rods at its ends, said rodsha ving hooks .to engage over sections of a radiator, a trough, chainssuspending the trough from the supply; tank, rods extending lengthwisethroughthe tank and the trough, an absorbent fabrio having its endsattached to said rods, said fabric passing over a Wall of the tank, saidchains' and suspended LINUS T. HAGERMI'XN.

